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Claude CodeHermes Agent
FieldClaude CodeAnthropicHermes AgentNous Research
Market
Attributed output12.5MPublic GitHub commits attributed to ClaudeNot attributable
Output signalEstimateNo public signal
Agent-opened PRs4.2MPublic pull requests Claude Code openedNot measurable
Business signal$2.5B+Claude Code run-rate revenue · Feb 2026No sourced metric
Users / reach300K+Anthropic business customersn/a
npm demand floor / wk12MNo public npm
GitHub starsn/a249K
Cost
Entry price$20/mo Pron/a
Top self-serven/an/a
Pricing unitShared usage limitsNot modeled
Token transparencyTask quotaNot modeled
Cost per task (AA)$4.62Claude Code, Opus 4.8 (max), API retail, AA index 77.2Not benchmarked
Break-even vs API~4 tasks/moPro at $20/mo vs $4.62/task API retailn/a
Product
SurfacesCLI, IDE, Desktop, Web, Cloud, MobileCLI, Cloud, Web
Model familiesClaude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude HaikuAny via provider config (Hermes, Claude, GPT, open-weights)
ProvidersAnthropicNous Portal, OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Self-hosted endpoints
MCPYesYes
BYOKYesYes
LicenseProprietaryOpen source
Company
OwnershipPrivaten/a
Founded2021n/a
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CAn/a
Total raised~$132Bn/a
Most recent roundSeries H, $65B (Apr 2026)n/a
Enterprise
SSO / SCIMYesn/a
ComplianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA (BAA available), GDPRn/a
DeploymentVPC / dedicatedn/a
Trains on your codeNot trained on your coden/a
Zero data retentionEnterprise tiern/a

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